Read more Venezuela stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/619/venezuela.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:41:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74137/in-venezuela-criminals-police-turn-to-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUpdate your status at your own peril in Venezuela: A pair of university students burglarized their Facebook friends' homes after collecting info on what they owned and when they wouldn't be home. Theft and other crime facilitated by social networking sites are on the rise in Venezuela, and in a...http://www.newser.com/story/74137/in-venezuela-criminals-police-turn-to-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:51:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73678/chavez-masses-troops-at-colombia-border.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez has told the Venezuelan people to "prepare for war" and ordered 15,000 troops to the Colombian border. The leader told his soldiers to "defend this sacred nation called Venezuela," and accused Colombia of conspiring with the US to invade and grab the country's oil reserves. Colombia plans...http://www.newser.com/story/73678/chavez-masses-troops-at-colombia-border.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 2:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72519/chavez-supporters-cant-take-moores-joke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSo Michael Moore and Hugo Chavez walk into a hotel, split a bottle and a half of tequila, and ... what's the punchline? There isn't one for Chavistas torqued over the filmmaker's joke to Jimmy Kimmel that the two partied down at the Venice Film Festival, and Moore's claim that he...http://www.newser.com/story/72519/chavez-supporters-cant-take-moores-joke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 8:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70693/obama-cozies-up-to-dictators-for-unions-sake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn his inaugural address Barack Obama pledged to "extend a hand" to America's foes—and he sure has, writes Daniel Henninger. Hillary Clinton is opening "direct dialogue" with the Burmese junta, John Kerry went to Syria, and the president himself has greeted Hugo Chávez and even reached out to Raúl...http://www.newser.com/story/70693/obama-cozies-up-to-dictators-for-unions-sake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 7:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70446/gadhafi-chavez-buddy-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMoammar Gadhafi and Hugo Chavez are strengthening their relationship and finding common ground as two radical former military men who both want to challenge the "imperialism" of wealthy nations and aspire to speak for many poor nations. The Libyan leader plans to meet with the Venezuelan president today and is...http://www.newser.com/story/70446/gadhafi-chavez-buddy-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 9:54:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70272/chavez-dreamed-of-playing-in-yankee-stadium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez is fond of Americans and their culture even if their last president did try to have him killed, he told Larry King yesterday. The usually pugnacious Venezuelan president said he used to dream of playing baseball in Yankee Stadium and is a big fan of Walt Whitman and...http://www.newser.com/story/70272/chavez-dreamed-of-playing-in-yankee-stadium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 8:26:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70241/chavez-obamas-smell-of-hope-beats-bushs-sulfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chavez paid President Obama a high compliment at the UN today, asserting that he doesn't have the same satanic odor as George Bush. "I don't smell sulfur anymore," the Venezuelan leader told the General Assembly. "It's gone. Now it's the smell of something else—it's the smell of hope....http://www.newser.com/story/70241/chavez-obamas-smell-of-hope-beats-bushs-sulfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 16:09:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69037/chavez-in-russia-for-military-spending-spree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters, submarines, and other military...http://www.newser.com/story/69037/chavez-in-russia-for-military-spending-spree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 5:53:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year was perpetrated for the express purpose of killing Palestinians, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Guardian reports. “The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly. What was it, if not genocide?” asked...http://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:39:02 CDT